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Practice Areas
- Animal & Dog Law
- Insurance Claims
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Personal Injury
- Products Liability
Additional Practice Area
- Car Accidents
Fees
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Texas
- 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law
- J.D.
- Honors: National Mock Trial Team
- Activities: Texas Law Review
- Oral Roberts University
- B.S. (1980) | Business Administration
- Honors: Business Administration cum laude
Awards
- Super Lawyer
- Texas Super Lawyers
- 2011, 2012
- Selected
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Life Member
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Life Member
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Professional Associations
- Texas State Bar # 06134750
- Member
- Current
- College of the State Bar of Texas
- Past Member
- Current
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- Past Member
- Current
- East Texas Woods and Waters Foundation
- Founding Director
- Current
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Director
- Current
- East Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
- Current
- American Association for Justice
- Member
- Current
- Smith County Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Smith County Bar Foundation
- Charter Fellow
- Current
Publications
Articles & Publications
- Compensating the Sexual Molestation Victim Under the Texas Homeowner's Policy
- Texas Trial Lawyers Forum
- Compensating the Sexually Abused Child: Homeowner's Policy Can Provide Funds for Treatment
- American Trial Lawyers Association Trial
- Minimizing the Effect of a Medical Malpractice Claim
- East Texas Medicine
- The Doctrine of Parental Immunity in Sexual Abuse Cases: The Last Throes of a Texas Dinosaur
- Texas Trial Lawyers Forum
Certifications
- Personal Injury Trial Law
- Texas State Bar
Websites & Blogs
- Website
- Earl Drott's Website Profile
- Website
- Earl Drott P.C. Website
- Blog
- Texas Injury Lawyer Blog
- Car Accident Lawsuit Dismissed Due to Failure to Comply with Texas Statute of Limitations
16 April 2019 - Texas Appellate Court Refuses to Excuse Untimely Service of Process, Saying Hurricane Harvey Only Caused Small Portion of Delay
18 March 2019 - No Vicarious Liability to Employer of Motorist Who Stopped by Future Work Site When Off-the-Clock, Per Texas Appellate Court
28 August 2018 - Texas Court of Appeals Says Failure to Give Timely Formal Notice Was Fatal to Claim Against City
27 August 2018 - Texas Court Was Proper Forum for Product Liability Case Against Tire Company, Even Though Rollover Happened in Mexico
15 August 2018 - Texas Court of Appeals Says Jury Should Have Been Asked to Assign Percentage of Responsibility to Parties in Intersection Car Crash Case
15 August 2018 - Car Accident Victim’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act Claim Was Time-Barred, According to Texas Court of Appeals
30 July 2018 - Jury Sides with Defendant in Car Accident Case in Which Plaintiff Had Pre-Existing Medical Conditions -Texas Appeals Court Affirms
30 July 2018 - Texas Appeals Court Affirms $0 Award in Car Accident Case, Even Though Parties Stipulated Liability
23 July 2018
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